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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS MCHS vs. Wilcox Co. 7:30 in Rochelle All game broadcasts streamed live at www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com RTCA VS. Southwest Ga. Aca. 7:30 in Damascus Listen to on NewsTalk 970 AM 105.3 FM - WVOP TCHS vs. Riverside Military 7 30 in Gainsviiie Listen to on 100.9 FM WLYU VHS VS. Stockbridge 7:30 in Vidalia Listen to on 97.7 FM WTCQ Treutlen vs. Telfair Co. 7 30 in Soperton Listen to on 101.7 FMWYUM VHA OFF Wheeler vs. Hawkinsville 7:30 in Alamo September 22,2021 ®l|e Aiuiante Section B Loran Three No-No's In A Row Smith Scott Howard College play-by-play announcers are generally homers for good reason. Their employer, at least indirectly is the school which they represent. Even so, many of those on the outside are not philosophically comfortable with blatant “homer- ism,” such as that of the late Larry Munson, who ar rived in Athens By Loran Smith far from being a homer. He later learned, however, that his popularity was based on his overt passion for the team. When Verne Lundquist first heard Munson while driving to the Atlanta air port from an afternoon Alabama game in Tuscaloosa, he was appalled at Munson’s frequent use of “we” on the broadcast of a Georgia night game. However, when Lundquist was the radio play-by-play voice of the Dallas Cowboys, he would have had difficulty criticizing manage ment on the air, since he, too, was a club employee in his radio role. Nonetheless, Verne was amazed at how much of a homer Munson was. The Braves’ Milo Hamilton was a fine base ball announcer but was severely rebuked by the Georgia Tech alumni when long time announcer Al Ciraldo was replaced by Milo at the direction Bobby Dodd, Tech athletic director. The Tech alumni felt like Ciraldo “was one of us.” Ciraldo soon got his job back. When Scott Howard, Georgia’s vet eran announcer—now in his 14th season as the Bulldogs play-by-play voice and 28th with the broadcast—succeeded Munson in 2008, Bulldog fans were fa miliar with him because Scott had been providing color on the network for years. They became aware of his broadcasting style in 2007 when he announced Geor gia’s road games as Munson’s declining health caused him to call home games only Looking back, the transition from Munson to Howard was seamless—ow ing to the fact that the Decatur-born- raised-in-Nashville-and-Miami-Howard has a durable, resilient and seasoned voice. He functions on the air with a bent to give his audience the facts. Fur thermore, he has never tried “to be like his predecessor.” He gets excited but Please see Loran page 3B Louisiana-Lafayette Statesboro, 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ North Carolina Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ACC Network Vanderbilt Nashville, TN, 12:00 p.m. SEC Network Photo by Mike Branch Rileigh Robinson picked up a single for the Indians as they hosted Bacon County last week. By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com What a week it was for the pitching staff of Vidalia High School’s softball team. They played three games last week with a different pitcher throwing in each game. All three, Tymber Harris, Bailey Holland, and Madison Starr, threw no hitters as the Indians defeated Bacon County, Islands, and East Laurens. Vs. Bacon Against the Red Raiders of Bacon County on Tuesday at home, Harris was in the circle and took care of business for the Indians. Harris struck out the side in the first three innings of the game to re cord nine straight outs by strikeout. Vidalia picked up just one run in the first inning. Tori Wright walked and then stole second. A walk to Emma Humphrey put two runners on base, and then Wright came in to score on an error on a ball hit by Alii Taufmann. In the bottom of the second inning Harris walked with Crystal Franklin com ing in to run for the pitcher. Franklin was moved over to second on a bunt, and that was followed by a two-run home run by Starr to put VHS up 3-0. VHS blew the game open in the third inning. Humphrey led off with a single, and a single by Rileigh Robinson put two runners on base. Taufmann hit a shot into right field to bring in one run. Jesslyn Col lins drove in two runs for a 6-0 lead. VHS added three more runs in the inning to take a 9-0 lead over the Red Raiders. Harris held over the next two innings to get the win, and the no hitter for the Indians, 9-0. Harris struck out 13 batters in the game, meaning only two outs were not from strikeout. Vs. Islands Holland was returning to the circle for the first time since she had been in jured several weeks ago, and she made the most of it with the second no-hitter in a row for the Indians. Holland struck out eight batters over her seven innings pitched, and the VHS defense had a very good game behind their pitcher. VHS scored three runs in the bottom Please see VHS page 4B By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com It was Homecoming for the Bull dogs of Toombs County High School last Friday night in The Pit. TCHS hosted the #5 ranked single A Hornets of Pelham, and it was a battle, but in the end Pelham came out on top. During halftime the Bulldogs crowned a new Homecoming Queen and Princess. The 2021 Homecoming Queen was Ava Bullard and the Princess was Breanna Rodriguez. The game was scoreless over the first quarter. On the first play of the sec ond quarter Cam Robinson intercepted a pass in the end zone, but the ball went back to Pelham after a penalty was called against the Bulldogs. The Hornets took advantage and took it in for a touchdown with 10:57 on the clock. They missed the extra point, but led 6-0 over Toombs. Completions to Caden VerSluis and TCHS Photo by Mike Branch Please see TCHS page 4B (L to R): Rene Rodriguez (father), Princess Breanna Rodriguez, Queen Ava Bullard, and Noah Bullard (father). MCHS Eagles Improve To 4-0 By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail.com After a big win over the Red Devils of Hawkinsville at home last Friday night, the Montgomery County High School football team are 4-0 for the first time since 1989. The win also moved them to 3-0 in Re gion 4A, giving them cur rently the best record. Big plays in the first quarter by Brandon Den mark for 30 yards and a 31- yard run by Cam Wallace set MCHS up at the 13- yard line. Penalties moved the Eagles back, and at the start of the second quarter, quarterback Bo Davidson then found Denmark for the touchdown to put the Eagles on top. Hawkinsville answered with a touchdown to tie the game at 6-6. Later in the quarter a big 61-yard com pletion to Denmark set up another MCHS touch down. Wallace went in from 25 yards out for the second touchdown of the game for the Eagles, that made the score 12-6. Samari Madison caught a 30-yard touchdown pass as the Eagles pushed their lead to 18-6 in the third quarter. The Eagles added a safety and Hawkinsville did get another touchdown, Please see MCHS page 2B SOFTBALL MCHS vs. Dooly Co. Thur. 5:00 p.m. (H) RTCA vs. Bulloch Aca. Thur. 4:00 p.m. (A) TCHS vs. Wheeler Co., Swainsboro Wed. 5:30 p.m. (H); Thur. 6:00 p.m. (A) VHS vs. Jeff Davis, River Ridge, N. Gwinett, Northgate Thur. 6:00 p.m. (A); [Fri. 8:00 p.m. (A), Sat. 1:00 p.m. (A); Sat. 3:00 p.m. (A)] @Loganville Treutlen vs. Johnson Co. Thur. 5:30 p.m. (A) Wheeler vs. Toombs Co., Telfair Co. Wed. 5:30 p.m. (A); Thur. 5:30 a.m. (A) mm VHS 9/23 - Volleyball vs. Bryan & Savanna! 9/23 -XC@ Southern Invitational ' 9/23 - JV Football @ Swainsboro Senior Meeting w/Herff Jones 24-FCCLA Meeting 9/24 - Football vs. Stockbridq J/24-25 - Softball @ Grayson Ftarl m BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT JRTrippe 9/22 - Softball vs. W. Laurens 9/22 - TeacherTraining SD Meadows 9/23 - United Way Hat Day f JD Dickerson 9/24 - Sept. Bday Celebration
